Key Roadblock To Gene Expression Identified: Implications For AIDS May 10, 2008
"This discovery is important because nucleosomes are barriers to transcription and we now are seeing the impact of nucleosome organization on RNA polymerase," said lead investigator B. Franklin Pugh, professor and Willaman Chair in Molecular Biology at Penn State University. Using state-of-the-art ChIP-sequencing, a genome-mapping tool provided by collaborator Stephen S. Schuster, Penn State professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and computational predictions developed by collaborators... (Science Daily)
Genetic 'Tag Team' Keeps Cells On Cycle May 10, 2008
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Giuseppe Attardi, 84, studied cells for clues to aging May 8, 2008
Caltech made Attardi a professor of biology in 1967, and he became a professor of molecular biology there in 1985. He became an American citizen in 1974. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
18 year old graduates from ISU with two degrees May 8, 2008
Shortly after he was named the top senior by the biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology department -- one of many honors he's earned at Iowa State. His parents note that at age 6 their son, who was a preemie born 11 weeks early, was reading encyclopedias and anything else that came his way. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Cell biology: The cellular hullabaloo May 8, 2008
In text books, molecular biology seems to leave little room for chance and random fluctuations ... An awareness of the part that chance might play has ebbed and flowed over the history of molecular biology, although many current researchers are stupefyingly unaware of the issue, according to Roger Brent, a molecular biologist at the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, California. (Nature News Service)
22 Oregon teens win Gates Millennium scholarships May 8, 2008
Lam, an accomplished pianist, took the health-sciences career pathway at David Douglas, completed an internship with a surgeon at Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center and plans to study molecular biology at Johns Hopkins with hopes of advancing to medical school. His older brother already is there. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
55th anniversary of Nobel honoring double helix continues to overlook the late Rosalind Franklin May 8, 2008
Although Franklin was not included in the Nobel Prize awarded to the late Francis Crick, the late Maurice Wilkins, and James Watson for solving the structure of DNA, today the importance and beauty of her work is recognized in nearly every modern molecular biology and general biology textbook. The purpose of the Rosalind Franklin Society is to foster greater recognition of the outstanding contributions made by women to the life sciences. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Top 50 IP People Under 45 May 8, 2008
D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of California, San Francisco, and a Harvard Law School J.D., all by 30 ... A graduate of MIT (molecular biology and microeconomics) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he practiced IP law before becoming a professor. (Law.com)
Gene Linked To Severe Diabetic Eye And Kidney Diseases Identified May 7, 2008
ScienceDaily (May 7, 2008) Researchers at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah and collaborative institutions have identified a gene called erythropoietin (EPO) that contributes to increased risk of severe diabetic eye and kidney diseases, called retinopathy and nephropathy. The sight-threatening form of diabetic retinopathy, termed proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), is the most common cause of legal blindness in working-aged adults in the United States, accounting for... (Science Daily)
Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Skies May 7, 2008
Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests. Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests. (Science Daily)
Killer competition: Neurons duke it out for survival May 7, 2008
Now, using a combination of computer modeling and molecular biology, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered how the target tissue helps newly connected peripheral nerve cells strengthen their connections and kill neighboring nerves. The study was published in the April 18th issue of Science. (EurekAlert!)
Bureaucracy Hampers an E. Coli Weapon May 7, 2008
GeneSystems, which has raised $15 million in venture capital, accomplishes this feat by doing away with traditional slow-growing Petri dish cultures, instead harnessing a molecular biology technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that produces as many as 100 billion copies of a strand of DNA in a single afternoon ... "My vision was to try and democratize molecular biology by combining PCR with microchips," says 35-year-old French microbiologist Gabriel Festoc, GeneSystem's founder and... (BusinessWeek)
Anthrax vaccine to be studied in Seattle May 6, 2008
"There's a major effort under way to improve the vaccine," said Dr. Jerry Nepom, director of Seattle's Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and a world leader in the molecular biology of immune system response. An artificial molecule created by Nepom and his team, which they call a "tetramer," may turn out to be a critical tool in this effort. (Yahoo News -- Anthrax)
Lorus Therapeutics Strengthens Its Senior Management Team Through Internal Promotions May 5, 2008
D. degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the University of Guelph and completed a three-year post-doctoral training program at the University of Michigan. He joined Lorus through the merger with GeneSense Technologies Inc. in 1999, where he was a Research Scientist involved in the GeneSense oligonucleotide therapeutics program. (Canada Newswire)
Getting wise to the influenza virus' tricks May 5, 2008
Now one of the tactics used by influenza virus to take over the machinery of infected cells has been laid bare by structural biologists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the joint Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interaction of EMBL, the University Joseph Fourier and National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), in Grenoble, France. In the current issue of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology they publish a high-resolution image of a key protein domain whose function is to... (EurekAlert!)
Controlling embryonic fate by association May 5, 2008
These findings provide models of how the embryonic stem cell is maintained in its flexible state, said Dr. Zhou Songyang, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at BCM and senior author of the report. It provides another hint as to how gene transcription is controlled in embryonic stem cells. (EurekAlert!)
Characterization of two functional NKX3.1 binding sites upstream of the PCAN1 gene that are involved in the positive regulation of PCAN1 gene transcription May 4, 2008
BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9:45doi:10. 1186/1471-2199-9-45. (BioMed Central)
Batch of USU grads earn a special new distinction May 4, 2008
It s a great program, said Lam, who graduated in cellular and molecular biology. I was able to learn whatever concepts that I heard in the classroom and actually apply it to something hands on, not just learn about it and forget it after the test. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
San Jose State gets $1.3M grant May 3, 2008
While freshmen will receive more research-directed labs because of the grant, transfer students will be able to take a summer course focused on local ecological problems and biology majors will be able to enroll in a year-long eukaryotic cell and molecular biology course tied to cancer biology. A bioinformatics specialist will also be hired. (San Jose Business Journal)
SAN FRANCISCO 10 from north state elected to NAS May 2, 2008
From UC Berkeley: Michael Botchan, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology; Jasper Rine, professor of genetics, genomics and development; George Smoot, Nobel laureate and professor of physics. Also elected were: Kenneth Dill, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and biophysics, UCSF; Claire Max, astronomer and director of the Center for Adaptive Optics, UC Santa Cruz; and Stuart Parkin, IBM fellow and magnetoelectronics manager. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features classic approaches for analyzing chromosomes May 2, 2008
Since 1933, it has furthered the advance and spread of scientific knowledge in all areas of genetics and molecular biology, including cancer biology, plant science, bioinformatics, and neurobiology. It is a division of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an innovator in life science research and the education of scientists, students, and the public. (EurekAlert!)
Merriman trial: DNA from blood stains 'mixed' May 2, 2008
By Steve Zucker News-Review Staff Writer Friday, May 2, 2008 8:51 AM EDT CHARLEVOIX Jurors in the Charles Merriman murder trial may now qualify for a degree in molecular biology. After spending much of the day Thursday hearing testimony that had attorneys and a DNA expert referring to graphs and charts and tossing around a jumble of letters, numbers and technical terms, jurors in the case learned the following: Some of the blood stains police tested in their investigation matched Charles brother... (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
WCLT student tops in science Apr 23, 2008
Carrie Wubben, seated, works closely with Waldorf biology professor Dr. Kimberly Murphy in the study of cellular and molecular biology ... Working closely with Dr. Kimberly Murphy, biology professor at Waldorf and the college's resident expert in cellular and molecular biology, Wubben characterized eight different bacterial mutants that Murphy brought to Waldorf from her post-doctoral research at Syracuse University ... Wubben's amazing success story comes as no surprise to Dr. Murphy, who says... (Forest City Summit, IO)
Analysis Of RNA Role In Spreading Disease Advances Study Of Damaging Plant Infections Apr 23, 2008
The best approach to such bioengineering is learning exactly how the pathogens function in the first place, said Biao Ding, senior author of the study and professor of plant cellular and molecular biology at Ohio State. We re trying to understand how the infection occurs, and how the RNA propagates itself in the cell. (Science Daily)
Dylan Carney Named Finalist For The Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship Apr 23, 2008
He has spent his time doing molecular biology research as a member of the Gozani Lab. He has coauthored papers in journals such as Nature and the PNAS, and in 2006 he presented his work at the Abcam Chromatin Structure and Function Conference in the Dominican Republic. (Gostanford.com)
15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense Apr 22, 2008
When Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution through natural selection 143 years ago, the scientists of the day argued over it fiercely, but the massing evidence from paleontology, genetics, zoology, molecular biology and other fields gradually established evolution's truth beyond reasonable doubt. Today that battle has been won everywhere--except in the public imagination. (Scientific American)
UH redraws sequence of animals' evolution Apr 22, 2008
"Molecular biology groups all the animals together," he said, adding, "This sort of approach is validated because it provides an independent rationale for grouping all mollusks together even though nobody could think of one single thing that would unify the whole group." ... Molecular biology has changed that in the past 10 to 15 years, he said, explaining that it can be used "as a new measure of how animals are related one to another.". (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Cells, robots and the science of chocolate: The Science Festival is coming to town! Apr 22, 2008
Drop-in activities on molecular biology, structural engineering and solar energy introduce students ages 10 and up to the latest trends in technology and science. Certificates of participation will be available for home-schooled students. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
* Scientists meet to debate future of synthetic biology Apr 21, 2008
The major biotechnology companies that sell these DNA segments are careful to try to monitor their sale, said Philipp Holliger, of Cambridge Universitys Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Nevertheless, it is clear we need to have this field properly monitored. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Epigenomics AG Successfully Validates Optimized Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Assay in Two Independent Clinical Studies Apr 21, 2008
Detailed results of both studies will be presented by Cathy Lofton-Day, PhD, VP Molecular Biology at Epigenomics Inc., at the upcoming Biomarker World Congress 2008 in Philadelphia, PA, USA, May 19 - 21, 2008 and at the upcoming AACR special conference ``Cancer Epigenetics'' in Boston, MA, USA, May 28 - 31, 2008. The improved assay marks a significant milestone towards the development and commercialization of Septin 9 DNA methylation biomarker assays, as it provides a reference for the... (Primezone Releases)
Through night, illuminating need for a cure for cancer Apr 21, 2008
Serving Arizona State University Online Since 1995. Current Issue: Monday, April 21, 2008. (Web Devil, AZ)
China develops ways to prevent drug residue in eel Apr 20, 2008
The technology, featuring molecular biology technology, has passed evaluation by a team of experts with China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine ... The research program of the new molecular biology technology was sponsored by the provincial government of Fujian, which is China's biggest eel exporter ... According to the bureau, the research team has also proposed a tentative program to develop bacterin and treat antibody of eel using modern molecular... (Xinhuanet, China)
Local students take science fair by storm Apr 20, 2008
Bryan Walker, an eighth grader at E.J. Gay Middle School, placed fourth in cellular and molecular biology with his project, "Extraction of DNA.". Superintendent P. Edward Cancienne Jr. praised all who participated in the science fair competition and pledged that next year's event would be "even stronger as we raise the level of academic expectations in all our parish schools.". (Plaquemine Post South, LA)
Molecule Prompts Blood Stem Cells To Help Repair Heart Damage In Animal Model Apr 18, 2008
Other UT Southwestern researchers in internal medicine involved in the study were lead author Dr. Hesham Sadek, instructor; Britta Hannack, research assistant; Dr. Elizabeth Choe and Dr. Jessica Wang, former residents; Dr. Shuaib Latif, former cardiology fellow; Dr. Mary Garry, former assistant professor; Dr. Daniel Garry, former associate professor; Jamie Longgood, senior research associate in biochemistry; Dr. Douglas Frantz, assistant professor of biochemistry; Dr. Eric Olson, chairman of... (Science Daily)
Donors sought to fund Salk scientists Apr 17, 2008
The institute now employs about 1,100 people, and its major research areas include molecular biology, genetics, neurosciences and plant biology. Quicklinks. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Campus Notes Apr 17, 2008
Anton Nekrutenko of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will host the event. Ben Hoover will speak about "Developing Hypoxia-Tolerant Conifers" at 12:20 p.m. today in 111 Tyson Building. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Sad anniversaries make 'cruel month' ring true Apr 17, 2008
A Penn State alum who had undergraduate degrees in both molecular biology and biochemistry, and civil engineering, Jeremy was not one to shirk his academic responsibilities. He walked into class that day as Jennifer waited in Hopkinton, Mass. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Possible link between dirty air and brain disease Apr 17, 2008
1 million to molecular biology work at Cedars-Sinai and $178,000 to USC to examine brain cancer incidence among people living polluted areas. E-mail David Danelski at ddanelski(at)PE.com. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Doctors discuss ethics of candidates' health plans Apr 16, 2008
Hayley Blackburn, 21, a senior studying cellular and molecular biology at the University of Montana, said it was interesting hear the doctors' perspectives. I thought it was a great, all-encompassing discussion, she said. (Missoulian, MT)
Autism myth lives on Apr 16, 2008
Sam Wang is an associate professor of molecular biology and neuroscience at Princeton University. He is a co-author of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life. (Yahoo News)
Discovery Of Link In Mosquito Mating Mechanism Could Lead To New Attack On Dengue And Yellow Fever Apr 15, 2008
In a study published in the journal Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Cornell researchers report that the proteins in the seminal fluid of the males also trigger a loss of sexual appetite in the females, stimulate egg production and influence clotting of the blood she has ingested ... Laura Sirot, a postdoctoral researcher in molecular biology and genetics, is the paper's lead author, and Mariana Wolfner, Cornell professor of molecular biology and genetics, also is a co-author. (Science Daily)
Fly Is At Home On A Crab, With New Evolutionary Neighbors Apr 15, 2008
The phylogeny of this species was determined with the aid of molecular biology, which allowed the Max Planck researchers to place D. endobranchia within the canalinea species group, a little known Neotropical group of forest dwelling flies that belongs to the large repleta radiation that also includes D. carcinophila, the second Caribbean crab fly. "It is intriguing that two species in the same lineage evolved the same odd choice of breeding substrate," says Marcus Stensmyr, "it makes us wonder... (Science Daily)
Bioterrorism: Outbreak Strains Can Be Quickly Analyzed With Next-generation DNA Sequencing Apr 15, 2008
14, 2008) In the event of an outbreak or a bioterrorist attack, rapid identification of the genetic changes responsible for virulence or drug resistance is essential to mounting an effective response. Standard DNA sequencing and analysis of a pathogen genome is time-intensive and likely impractical during an emergency. (Science Daily)
Some myths likely originated with mom Apr 14, 2008
Two enterprising molecular biology students at Connecticut College dropped Skittles candy and apple slices on their dining hall floor and then tested them for bacteria colonization. The apple slices took up to a minute to gather bugs and the candy took up to five minutes. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Nevada foundation awards $522,000 grant to Carroll College Apr 14, 2008
Six laboratories in Simperman Hall will be upgraded to expand resources for biology students, increase undergraduate research opportunities and build the foundation for a proposed new degree program in biochemistry and molecular biology. Carroll officials recently announced the receipt of the 522,000 grant from the Reno, Nev. (Missoulian, MT)
Interview with a protein Apr 12, 2008
She does research in molecular biology and in her free time enjoys hanging out with family and friends, taking trips to Point Reyes, and conducting imaginary interviews with the proteins she studies. Olga Kuchment. (The Scientist)
Diabetes Drug May Hold Potential As Treatment For Epilepsy, Using Same Mechanism As Ketogenic Diet Apr 12, 2008
Roopra's presentation on April 8 is part of the scientific program of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS.. (Science Daily)
Nose Spray Anthrax Vaccine Effective In Tests Apr 12, 2008
The current vaccine was formulated before the revolution in molecular biology in the 1980s ... Past research has shown researchers can eliminate LF s toxicity by using molecular biology techniques to substitute out one of its amino acid building blocks. (Science Daily)
Veishea opening battles cold, wet weather Apr 12, 2008
A block north, in the parking lot of ISU's Molecular Biology building, college students and a few children with their parents braved the chilling temperatures and winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour to ride carnival rides and play games. "I like to try to do everything I can," said Holly Howard, a sophomore at ISU, as she waited in line for one of the rides. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Standard of excellence Apr 11, 2008
A new grant worth more than half a million dollars will fund renovations at Carroll College s Simperman Hall this summer, as six laboratories are upgraded to expand resources for biology students, increase undergraduate research opportunities and build the foundation for a proposed new degree program in biochemistry and molecular biology ... Next fall, the college will consider creating a new degree program for molecular biology and biochemistry, what we consider to be a truly modern, integrated... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Science: San Diego institute to focus on human origins Apr 11, 2008
As a professor of medicine and molecular biology at UCSD, Ajit Varki has spent much of his career looking inward, initially at blood cancers, more recently at complex sugar molecules called glycans. EARNIE GRAFTON / Union-Tribune The center brings together scientists from many fields. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Researchers 'See' Structure Of Open Nicotinic Acetylcholine Ion Channels Apr 11, 2008
Their findings, which appear in the current issue of Nature Structure & Molecular Biology, reveal how the muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor responds to a burst of acetylcholine on the surface of a cell. See also. (Science Daily)
An Unexpected Way To Cause Leukemia Apr 11, 2008
Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Italy, the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, UK, and the Universities of Harvard, USA, and Lund, Sweden, have now used genetic engineering to introduce a mutation found in human leukaemia patients into mice. See also. (Science Daily)
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed--Ben Stein Launches a Science-free Attack on Darwin Apr 10, 2008
What I discovered is a massive amount of evidence from multiple sciences geology, paleontology, biogeography, zoology, botany, comparative anatomy, molecular biology, genetics and embryology demonstrating that evolution happened. It was with some irony for me, then, that I saw Ben Stein's antievolution documentary film, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, opens with the actor, game show host and speechwriter for Richard Nixon addressing a packed audience of adoring students at Pepperdine... (Scientific American)
Qualifying date rule hinders German stem cell research Apr 10, 2008
The recent scientific findings on induced pluripotent stem cells were also addressed, a topic which Hacker described as a major breakthrough for molecular biology. He also pointed out, however, that research on human embryonic stem cell lines is indispensable in order to be able to estimate and compare the potential for adult or reprogrammed cells. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Activated Protein C and Diabetic Nephropathy Apr 10, 2008
The facts, however, belie a paucity of knowledge about the molecular biology of the glomeruli of humans with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Which genes are activated in the glomerular endothelial cells of patients with long-term diabetes. (New England Journal of Medicine)
First do no harm? UH prof taking opposite approach to treat asthma Apr 10, 2008
Currently in the second clinical trial, the part of this research analyzing mice was recently published in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, which cited the relevance of Bonds work as possibly leading to a paradigm shift in the treatment of asthma. The results of the first human trial were also recently published in Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. (EurekAlert!)
Scientists Solve Mystery Of Polyketide Drug Formation Apr 9, 2008
Almost every polyketide has rings in its chemical structure, and if we can control ring formation, we can produce more polyketide drugs, said Sheryl Tsai, lead author of this study and an assistant professor of molecular biology and biochemistry and chemistry at UCI. Until now, polyketide ring formation was a mystery that hampered our efforts to produce new drugs. Polyketide-based drugs and products account for more than 35 billion in sales annually. (Science Daily)
Manufactured Buckyballs don't harm microbes that clean the environment Apr 9, 2008
One was a widely used molecular biology technique that enables scientists to analyze the genetics of an organism. The other was to measure the output of carbon dioxide and methane, two gases released as microbes degrade organic matter. (EurekAlert!)
Mitosis Gets Harder Thanks To New Gene Discovery Apr 7, 2008
In research published in the journal Molecular Biology of the Cell, the scientists have shown that the protein is essential for building the microtubules that allow the two halves of the cell to slide apart. What makes mitosis so interesting is that it is one of the biological processes that everyone remembers from their days at school, said Dr Andrew Chalmers from the University s Department of Biology & Biochemistry. (Science Daily)
1/3 of risk for dementia attributable to small vessel disease, autopsy study shows Apr 7, 2008
His presentation was part of the scientific program of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). In the autopsied brains of people who had experienced cognitive decline and dementia, 45 percent of the risk for dementia was associated with pathologic changes of Alzheimer's disease. (EurekAlert!)
Is DNA Repair A Substitute For Sex? Apr 6, 2008
21, 2004) Biologists at the Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have confirmed that a group of microscopic animals has evolved. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Veishes 2008 schedule Apr 6, 2008
Carnival rides, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Molecular Biology parking lot, free ... Taste of Veishea, 5 p.m. to 3 a.m., along Union Drive north of Lake LaVerne and in the Molecular Biology parking lot ... Taste of Veishea, 11 a.m. to 3 a.m., along Union Drive north of Lake LaVerne and in the Molecular Biology parking lot. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Veishea 2008 map Apr 6, 2008
Carnival in Molecular Biology parking lot, B3. Food. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Story ideas from Molecular and Cellular Proteomics Apr 5, 2008
Corresponding author: Martin R. Larsen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense; Phone: +45 6550 2475, E-mail ... Corresponding Author: Gerald M. Carlson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; Phone: 913-588-7005, E-mail. (EurekAlert!)
